Audio Collision

My name is Michael. I am the 314th human to earn his way into studying in Equestria. I wasn’t always the cool guy or the smart dude but I got by. It was my music teacher, Mrs. Lee, who introduced me to the music programs at Canterlot University. I was amazed at how the ponies were able to use the same instruments that we did, even with hooves. One pony in particular comes to mind. Her name was Octavia, and she played the cello. I still don’t get how ponies grab stuff with their hooves. She was always so confident, even a bit shy, and her music was amazing. Then there was the DJ. Her name was Vinyl Scratch, but she went by DJ PON3 on stage. She was head-strong, stubborn at times, and all around, just a fun girl to hang with. She always wore these sunglasses that covered her eyes, but she took them off to show me once, and I saw those vibrant red eyes.

Being the aspiring rapper that I was, my appearance was less than formal, more that of a “Bad-boy” than anything else. You know; the kind of guy that you date and don’t tell your parents about. Don’t get me wrong, I'm not a troubled guy or anything like that. I just needed a good look to go with my music. So when I first got to the university, and saw all the band and orchestra players, human and pony alike, I was feeling a bit lonely. Surprisingly, the first person, or pony, to talk to me was Octavia. She said that I looked lonely, and that I was probably new around. I thanked her for trying to help me, but I just didn’t feel like if fit in. She laughed, as she began to tune her cello, and said that I reminded her of Vinyl. After meeting Vinyl, I agreed. We even started to work together, making music, of a new genre. Classical start, mix it up, and add some fast rap, that’s basically what we did.

Soon winter rolled around, and I found myself on break in Ponyville. It was a small town, very small actually. I could tell, because the moment I arrived I was ambushed by a barrage of talking from a pink pony with a passion for parties. Her name was Pinkie Pie, and she immediately began to show me around town, naming off every place, and everypony, that we passed with no effort. She told me all about her friends, Twilight Sparkle the librarian and student of Celestia, Applejack the apple farmer, Rarity the Boutique owner, Fluttershy the animal caregiver, and Rainbow Dash the weather patrol captain. I meet each at one point or another, but the only one that stuck out to me was Rainbow Dash. She seemed to have that air of pressure, like I did, to always please my friends, like I had to be the best ever, at everything. I knew that I couldn’t do that, not completely, and I was fine with that. But I wanted to make sure that she knew. Actually, when I met Fluttershy, I was almost shocked. She was very quiet, shy, a pony of few words, but I could kind of see something else, deep inside her, that wanted out, to be heard.

So after meeting all of Ponyville, and I mean all of it; it was getting dark. Pinkie brought me into Sugarcube Corner, the place where she worked, but the lights were off. As I tried not to trip over something, the room lit up. Everypony yelled “Surprise!” and scared the crap out of me. I was shocked that anypony would do this for me.
So we ate, and we talked, and I learned about the Elements of Harmony. At one point, the Cutie Mark Crusaders; who I later found out were Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo; barged in through the door with a weird looking glider or something, and ran into me. They explained that they were trying to earn their cutie marks in gliding, or something like that. But the all were talking at the same time, and really fast.

What a way to confuse a guy! Anyway, that was my interesting night.